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The Mayans Among Us: Migrant Women and Meatpacking on the Great Plains

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ann L. Sittig, Martha Florinda Gonz?lezPublish date:2016-03-01Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803284616ISBN-10:803284616UPC:9780803284616Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, Emigration & ImmigrationBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCYRP74DBN

The Mayans Among Us conveys the unique experiences of Central American indigenous immigrants to the Great Plains, many of whom are political refugees from repressive, war-torn countries. Ann L. Sittig, a Spanish instructor, and Martha Florinda Gonz?lez, a Mayan community leader living in Nebraska, have gathered the oral histories of contemporary Mayan women living in the state and working in meatpacking plants. Sittig and Gonz?lez initiated group dialogues with Mayan women about the psychological, sociological, and economic wounds left by war, poverty, immigration, and residence in a new country. Distinct from Latin America's economic immigrants and often overlooked in media coverage of Latino and Latina migration to the plains, the Mayans share their concerns and hopes as they negotiate their new home, culture, language, and life in Nebraska. Longtime Nebraskans share their perspectives on the immigrants as well.

The Mayans Among Us poignantly explores how Mayan women in rural Nebraska meatpacking plants weave together their three distinct identities: Mayan, Central American, and American.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803284616ISBN-10:803284616UPC:9780803284616Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, Emigration & ImmigrationBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.60 x 5.80 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCYRP74DBN
Ann L. Sittig is a tenured Spanish instructor at Shasta College in Redding, California. Martha Florinda González emigrated from Guatemala to Nebraska and is a community leader in Nebraska. She has served as a member of the Coordinating Commission for Indigenous Women and the Technical Commission for Negotiations, and on the Commission for Women in Guatemala.


Publisher: Bison Books

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